James Trefil is the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University, USA.
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| What is science? | |
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| Astronomy: the first science | |
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| Counting | |
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| Greek and Alexandrian science | |
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| Islamic science | |
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| The birth of modern science | |
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| The Newtonian world | |
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| The science of life | |
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| Physical sciences in the twentieth century | |
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| Biology in the twentieth century | |
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| The new internationalization of science | |
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| The frontiers of science | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Index | |